From 39a881dbdbd3cc0a9ec6e0a1abda3975f1eef943 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nibarAhmed <nibarahmed0@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 18:22:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(web): NVDA browse mode reads the current thread's branch
 on the branch combobox

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx
index da845e95fc0b6..48de743a0c5af 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx
@@ -783,6 +783,8 @@ export function BranchToolbarBranchSelector({
             }
             className="min-w-0 max-w-full active:scale-100"
             disabled={isInitialBranchesLoadPending || isBranchActionPending}
+            // NVDA browse mode re-reads a combobox when its attributes change, not when its text does.
+            aria-label={`Branch: ${triggerLabel}`}
           >
             <GitBranchIcon
               className={cn(
@@ -791,7 +793,12 @@ export function BranchToolbarBranchSelector({
               )}
             />
             <ComposerContextLabel displayMode={displayMode}>
-              <MiddleTruncate value={triggerLabel} variant="cap-aligned" className="w-full" />
+              <MiddleTruncate
+                value={triggerLabel}
+                variant="cap-aligned"
+                className="w-full"
+                aria-hidden
+              />
             </ComposerContextLabel>
           </ComboboxTrigger>
         </span>